Description: ACoJB prides itself on *positive attributions* towards the journey of healing and wellness, which involves the client’s truth and balance focusing on a more holistic approach to life, love, and personal lessons. It's a *bittersweet blend* of Bay Area street attitude mixed with PTSD, sexual trauma, college education, advocacy for systems change, peer support, healing, wellness, and unconditional love.
ACoJB prides itself on *positive attributions* towards the journey of healing and wellness, which involves the client’s truth and balance focusing on a more holistic approach to life, love, and personal lessons. It's a *bittersweet blend* of Bay Area street attitude mixed with PTSD, sexual trauma, college education, advocacy for systems change, peer support, healing, wellness, and unconditional love.
The data collected for the Constitution of Intent (2021) was compiled during the The Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training (S.P.I.R.I.T) internship that I ( Jo Bruno ) did through Contra Costa College ( CCC ), Health and Human Services ( HHS ) and the Office of Consumer Empowerment ( OCE ). OCE is a department within our Behavioral Health Department.
Already working with the Council on Homelessness ( H3 ), which is a division of the Health Services , I wanted to build a bridge between the two departments in order to capture the lived-experience of homelessness. Strengthening the partnerships already in the Delta Peers network, I conducted outreach by holding community meetings, gathering input from, so far, 26 people. Of those community partners were OCE staff, S.P.I.R.I.T students and alumni, Delta Peers members, Health Leads Housing is Health committe